The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1887-08-11

Independent special, Aug. 9Th: Butte
has been suffering for two days from
water drouth. In order to obvlate the
difficulty the Silver Bow Water company
have hurriedly put up Knowles pump
in the low springs south OF the city and
laid pipes on the surface to connect with
the distributing reservoir. By this tenn
porary arrangement 125,0OO gallons per
day will be pumped and distributed.
This, it is thought, will supply pressing
necessities.
Last Saturday President Charles Fran
cis Adams, of the Union Pacific, with his
two daughters, Vice President Thomas
Blickensderfer, superintendent Of the
Idaho division, and J, S. Tibbetts, assist
ant general freight agent of the road at
Kansas City, arrived in Butte via Cinna-
bar, from tour of the Yellowstone. The
private cars of the magnates that had
been sent in advance we're awaiting to
take them to Anaconda, which point was
reached in due time, and the entire party
were shown through the smelter.
Something of commotion was
caused in an immigrant car which COM
posed part of Sundays westbound
train, by the unexpected addition of a
very young gentleman to the number OF
passengers just after the train left Bill
Hho OF o~to
Dakota, and on her way to Cheney,
Washington territory, to join her hus-
band. On the arrival of the train at Liv-
ingston, DR.. Alton was summoned to at
tend the little stranger, after which the
mother and child continued their jour-
ney westward.-Enterprise
II. H. Mund, cashier of the First Ma
tional bank of Billings, and one of the
directors Of the National Park bank, has
been sued in the district court at Boze-
man by Hall Bros, a firm of Chicago
wool buyers who have been operating
extensively in this territory, for $4,000
damages. The suit was brought about
| by letter bearing the signature of Mr..
Mund, which was directed to promi-
nent wool grower, characterizing the firm
of Hall Bros. as unreliable. or words to
that effect. Livingston Enterprise
Butte Miner: The operation of the
act of congress last session preventing
aliens from owning land in fee simple in
the United States is affecting the trans
fer of property in Butte. A gentleman
here from Canada is in receipt Of letters
from people in the section from which he
comes who are desirous of investing in
mining or other property here, but he is
obliged to refuse the transactions, as he
could not get them valid title. He him.
self is willing to invest his means here
but not being long enough in this coun-
try to take out naturalization papers, is
obliged to refrain.
Byers and Bocarde, charged with at
senger train two months since, below Sill
yer Bow, by placing ties across the track,
we're arraigned on Monday for trial in the
district court, at Butte, but owing to the
illness of Mrs. Byers, an alleged impor-
tant witness, the case was continued for
the term. The grievance against the
railroad was the killing of COW. Byers
had been at war with the railroad for
long time. He is the same party who re-
Gently sued for a horse, which he swore
had been killed by the railway, and while
he was yet on the witness stand the
alleged-to-be-dead horse was, by direc-
tion Of Sam Word, Union Pacific attor-
nev, led in front Of an open window of
the courtroom.